Electric-lamp hood and support



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B. P. WARNER. ELECTRIC LAMP HOOD AND SUPPORT.

No. 426,155. Patentzg l Apr. 22, 1890.

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No 426,155. Patented Apr. 22,1890

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UNITE STATES PATENT Trice.

ERNEST I IVARNER, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO THE IVESTERN ELEFTRIC COMPANY, OF ILLINOIS.

ELECTRIC-LAMP HOOD AND SUPPORT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of LettersPatent No. 426,155, dated April 22, 1890.

Application filed March 5, 1888- Serial No. 266,142. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ERNEST P. \VARNER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Ohica-go, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Electric-Lamp Hoods and Supports, of which the following is a full, clear, concise, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification My invention relates to electric-are-lamp posts and protecting mechanism for the lamps and connecting-cables leading thereto; and its objects are, briefly stated, first, in making the I 5 covering or hood readily removable, so that access maybe had to the regulating mechanism of the lamp and to the cable terminals; second, in supporting the lamp and protecting-hood upon tubular arms through which the electric conductor is carried; third, in the manner of supporting or mounting these arms upon the top of the post, and, fourth, in the construction of the hanger-board and the m anner of supporting the same upon the tubular 2 5 arms.

My invention is illustrated in the accom panying drawings, in which Figures 1 and 2 are side and front views, respectively, of my mechanism for supporting and protecting arc lamps. Fig. 3 is a sectional view upon line was of Fig. 2, showing the man nor of securing the posthead to the post. Fig. at is a vertical sectional view upon section-line y 3 of Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a detail view from below of the hanger-board. Fig. (3 is a front elevation of the hood, a portion of the cap being broken away.

Like parts are indicated by similar letters of reference throughout the different figures.

The post a is made preferably hollow and is usually of iron, the conductors b 0 being carried up through the interior thereof. The post-head (l is provided with sockets cl d for receiving the lower ends of the tubular arms 6 f, which are preferably screwed therein. Proj eeting arms or ladder-rests are preferably cast upon the opposite sides of the head d, as shown. The conductors b c are run through the center of the post, and preferably each through one of the sockets. Thus the posthead serves to protect the conductors carried up through the interior of the post from the weather, while the conductors above the post extend upwardly to other connections with the lamp-that is to say, the sockets (Z (Z open in the interior of the head to form conduits for the electric conductors, which conductors pass through the tubular arms 6 f and connect with the clamps 9 7L, which support the suspending-hooks i 70. These clamps, 6: as shown. more clearly in Fig. 5, are permanently attached to the under side of the board Z.

The switch m may be of any well-known construction, and is designed when closed, as shown, to permit of the removal of the lamp and preserve the continuity of the circuit.

The extensions above the arms may be spade-formed, as shown, so as to serve as end pieces or gables for the roof. These gables are each provided with means for securing the hanger-board in position, a lug or piece a being preferably provided on the inner side of each, as shown in Fig. 4:. The board Z is bolted to said pieces 01 of the different spades, as shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 4.

Each spade or end piece is preferably provided with a socket for receiving one of the tubular arms. The roof 0 is secured to the spades preferably by six screws, which are inserted from the outside of the roof into the edges of the spades, as shown. The chimney p is provided, preferably, with a cap q.

My covering mechanism may be readily mounted upon posts varying in size, as will be readily understood by reference to Fig. 3.

It will be seen that as thus constructed and arranged the connections between the conductors Z) c and clamps g h are brought directly under the board and high above the 0 lower edges or caves of the roof. The regulating mechanism and operative parts of the lamps are likewise thoroughly covered and protected.

In case it is desired to inspect the regulat 5 iug mechanism of the lamp the screws which secure the roof to the spade-formed end pieces or gables are removed, when the roof may be lifted off, thus leaving the lamp and all its connections exposed. being permanently secured to the pieces a, retains the gables in position, the central open- The hanger-board Z, ICO

ing in the board being large enough to permit of the lifting of the case 0", which surrounds the operating mechanism.

The particular shape of the gables or end pieces, it will be understood, is not important, provided they are placed in proper position and adapted to support the hanger-board below the removable roof and with the roof form a housing for the lamps.

My invention admits of various modifications, which would readily suggest themselves to those skilled in the art, and I therefore do not limit myself to the constructions shown.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. The combination, with the roof, of the end pieces or gables supporting the same and the hanger-board secured between the said end pieces or gables, said roof being removable, substantially as described.

2. The combination, with the end pieces provided with the supports 12, of the hanger- .board rigidly secured between said end pieces and resting upon said supports, the hood placed above and held by screws to said end pieces, the arms e f, inserted in the sockets of the end pieces, and the conductors, said a1 ms being supportedupoirthe post and serving as conduits for the conductors, substantially as shown and described.

3. The combination, with the hollow post, of the arms secured thereto, the conductors passing through said arms, a hanger-board supported between the upper extensions of said arms, an electric lamp suspended from said hanger-board, and a roof placed upon said extensions and adapted to berem'oved therefrom to afford access to the working parts of the lamp, substantially as described.

4. A hanger-board permanently secured between the gables, a lamp suspended therefrom, said lamp being provided with a removable case 1', said hanger-board being provided with an opening above said case large enough to permit of the removal of said case and the removable roof or hood resting upon said gables, whereby the operative parts of the lamp are protected and made accessible for inspection or repairs upon the removal of said roof or hood without disconnecting the lamp from the circuit.

5. The combination, with a hollow electriclight post, of a ,hollow head adapted to fit upon the upper end thereof,'said head being provided with branching tubular arms connected therewith and extending upward, two spade-like extensions of said arms, and a detachable covering or housing supported upon said extensions, the tubular arms and hollow posts serving as conduits for the conductingcables connecting to an electric lamp housed by said covering, substantially as set forth.

6. The combination, with the hollow lamppost, of the conductors placed therein, said conductors extending above the top of the post to different connections or hooks upon the hanger-board, the lamp suspended from said hooks, and a removable roof or hood supported above the hanger-board, whereby the cables are protected and the lamp supported and shielded while its operative parts are made accessible without disconnection from the circuit upon the removal of the hood, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

7. The combination, with the post-head (Z, provided with sockets d (Z of the projecting arms or ladder-rests cast .upon opposite sides of head d, and the set-screws, whereby said head may be secured to an electric-light post.

8. The combination, with the post a, of the conductors Z) c, passing up through the interior thereof, the post-head d, secured to the post by set-screws and forming a protectingcovering for the cables, said post-head being provided with sockets 6? (1 the arms c f, inserted in said sockets and serving as conduits for the conductors b 0 above the post, the hanger-board supported upon said arms, the lamp suspended from said hanger-board,and the roof or hood placed over the same, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

In witness whereof I hereunto subscribe my name this 27th day of February, A. D. 1888.

ERNEST P. \VARNER.

Vitnesses:

CHAs. G. HAWLEY, Guns. 0. W onwon'rn. 

